Pirates announce, "We Want a Bad Catcher"
This article entertains me. Apparently Pittsburgh is going after Johnny Estrada. They are also talking to Miguel Olivo and Damian Miller.
Miller, I would understand--Ronny Paulino's a solid option behind the plate, and he seems like the type of guy that traditionally gets paired with a veteran backup. (Think Russell Martin and Mike Lieberthal last year.) But why Estrada? He seems like a disaster waiting to happen as a backup, but I don't have a really good argument for why that would be. (Besides imagining him on the bench most days with a bucket of KFC.)
Another article worth pointing out: if you have a BP subscription, make sure to read Kevin Goldstein's Devil Rays prospect ranking. As he puts it, "That, folks, is a borderline obnoxious collection of excellent young talent." Since there are two center fielders on his list, plus B.J. Upton, you wonder if there's a match somewhere between the Rays and Brewers, maybe Fernando Perez, who should be ready by '09 and would push Bill Hall to left or back to the infield.
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Perfect imaging
by 80badger on Dec 18, 2007 2:34 PM CST 0 recs
Paulino's rubbed people the wrong way
by TheJay on Dec 18, 2007 4:21 PM CST 0 recs
well...
by Jeff Sackmann on
Dec 18, 2007 4:25 PM CST
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Zing!
by stevie ray Braun on
Dec 18, 2007 4:57 PM CST
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my favorite part is . . .
The naysayer can point out that with the team consistently finishing so poorly in the standings and drafting so high, there's no reason for the system not to be loaded, but at the same time, there are many perennial losers in the same situation who will still be perennial losers when the Rays (no more Devil) begin to compete for playoff spots within the next two years.Next: The Texas Rangers.
by baumann on Dec 18, 2007 5:41 PM CST 0 recs
nice :)
by Jeff Sackmann on
Dec 18, 2007 5:57 PM CST
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